Patrones de desarrollo de la expresión del receptor activado por el proliferador hepático (PPAR) en Xenopus laevis y

Anna Bushong1,2,3, Tyler D Hoskins3, Meredith Scherer3

  • 1Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA.

Resumen

Las larvas de ranas con garras africanas (Xenopus laevis) muestran una expresión dinámica del receptor activado por el proliferador peroxisomático (PPAR) durante la metamorfosis. Los agonistas farmacéuticos de PPAR no alteraron la expresión génica objetivo, lo que sugiere que X. laevis puede no ser sensible a la alteración de PPAR xenobiótico.

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